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Hi John,
Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds over the past 50 years, on average. Over consumption and a human population that just passed the 8 billion milestone have brought the natural world to the brink.
Of all the deals crowding your inbox today, the best — by far — is the chance to buy a future for wildlife.
Every gift to the Center's Saving Life on Earth Fund will be doubled today.
Urban development continues to drive the decline of monarch butterflies. Loggerhead sea turtles are dying off, getting caught in fishing lines and nets.
And Florida panthers, who need large territories to hunt — they can roam up to 250 square miles — are now limited to just 5% of their historic range because of sprawl.
These are just some of the many species whose survival is at risk because of human activity.
If we stay on this course, 1 million plant and animal species are on their way to extinction in the coming decades.
But there's still time to save them. And there's still hope, which is why I'm asking for your help.
The Center has secured many lifesaving victories for wildlife this year, including all these:
- Protecting North Atlantic right whales from fishing gear entanglements and vessel strikes.
- Kicking trespassing cattle out of sensitive and federally protected habitats in the Southwest.
- Safeguarding habitat for Canada lynx, drinking water, and our climate from a 35,000-acre fracking project on Colorado public land.
- Forcing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise critical habitat for Florida manatees.
- Defending freshwater species and winning Endangered Species Act protection for three southeastern crayfishes, sickle darters, and lesser prairie chickens.
Your support of our work to save nature is the most lasting gift you can give. Every lawsuit, every court order, every legislative victory will stand as a testimony to your love of the wild.
We've protected more than 740 animals and plants, along with more than half a billion acres of habitat.
But so much more remains to be done.
Please help with a matched gift to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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